Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 226-228 , June 2009

Successful Treatment of Pulmonary Mucormycosis in a Renal Transplant Recipient with Limited Pulmonary Reserve by Combined Medical and Surgical Therapy

  • Jordan Y.Z. Li, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Flinders Drive, Bedford Park, South Australia 5042, Australia. Tel.: +61 8 8204 6249; fax: +61 8 8204 6255.
    • ,
  • Tuck Y. Yong, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Endocrinology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Craig A. Jurisevic, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Department of Surgery, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Graeme R. Russ, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • David I. Grove, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • P. Toby H. Coates, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • ,
  • Alex P.S. Disney, FRACP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephrology and Transplantation Services, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Department of Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Received 15 October 2007 ,Accepted 22 December 2007.

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PII: S1443-9506(08)00004-8

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2007.12.003

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 18, Issue 3 , Pages 226-228 , June 2009

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